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Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst.

When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends—not even her openly gay BFF, Simon.

So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting—especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.

Why I Can’t Wait:
Leah was one of my favorite characters in Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and I am so happy she gets her own story. Becky Albertalli is such a wonderful story teller and her characters are so well developed and easy to love. The minute I finished Simon vs. I was wondering about what was next for Leah, and I was beyond excited when the announcement for Leah on the Offbeat came. I already pre-ordered the book and I expect to read it as soon as it gets here.